WSTES Envirothon
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Meetings and Topics
2/5: Wildlife: guest speaker: Tom Melito
2/14: Soils: guest speaker: Dawn Dawson
2/19: Permission Slips due
2/26: Forestry:
3/11:
3/20:
4/3: Camp Puk'tok
4/23: Envirothon Competition Day's Cove!!!
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Maryland Envirothon Home Page |
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Envirothon Support Websites
The following websites are provided as resources for you and your students in preparation for the Envirothon competition.
Soil
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Soil Study Guide
http://www.mascd.net/envirothon/soils/MD_soils.pdf
Please be sure to visit this site as it contains numerous sections which include information to help students prepare for the BCPS Envirothon competition.
United States Department of Agriculture: NRCS- Soils
http://soils.usda.gov/education/resources/k_12/tools.html
Canon Envirothon: Key Points
http://www.envirothon.org/resources/guidelines/soilandland.php
Canon Envirothon: Sample Test
http://www.envirothon.org/competition/soilstest.php
Nutrients for Life: Nourishing the Planet in the 21st Century
http://www.nutrientsforlife.org/leaders/teachers/curriculum/highschool/
Forests
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: The Maryland Envirothon Forestry Resource Site
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/forestry/
Please be sure to visit this site as it contains numerous links which include information to help students prepare for the BCPS Envirothon competition. The most important of these links are the first four websites listed below, but it is recommended that all sites be accessed.
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Glossary of Forestry Terms
www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/gloss.html
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: The Maryland Envirothon Forestry 2003 Resource Site: Forestry - Measurements
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/forestry/measurements.html
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: The Maryland Envirothon Forestry 2003 Resource Site: Silviculture
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/forestry/silviculture.html
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: The Maryland Envirothon Forestry 2003 Resource Site: Tree Identification
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/forestry/treeid.html
Maryland Association of Forest Conservancy District Boards: Home Page
http://www.mdforest.sailorsite.net/
Maryland Forests Association, Inc.: Home Page
http://www.mdforests.org/mfa/mfa.html
Baltimore County Forestry Board: Home Page
http://www.bcfb.sailorsite.net/index.htm
Baltimore County, Maryland Environmental Protection & Resource Management: Forests and Trees
http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/environment/forestsandtrees/index.html
Arbor Day Foundation: What Tree Is That?
http://www.arborday.org/trees/treeID.cfm?TrackingId=154
Smithsonian National Zoological Park: Conservation Central: A Walk in the Forest
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/education/conservationcentral/walk/default.cfm
The Pennsylvania Forestry Association: How to Estimate the Value of Timber in Your Woodlot
http://pfa.cas.psu.edu/pdfs/Timber%20Value.pdf
The Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet from the School of Environment and Natural Resources: Using the Tree Measuring Stick
http://ohioline.osu.edu/for-fact/0062.html
Aquatics
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: The Maryland Envirothon Aquatics Resource Site
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/aquatics.html
Please be sure to visit this site as it contains numerous links which include information to help students prepare for the BCPS Envirothon competition. The most important of these links are the first eight websites listed below, but it is recommended that all sites be accessed.
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Stream Macroinvertebrates Key
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/dnrbugid.pdf
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: The Maryland Envirothon Macroinvertebrate Ecology
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/Aquatic%20Insect%20Ecology.pdf
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: The Maryland Envirothon Wetlands Management
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/Wetland%20Management.pdf
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Key to the Freshwater Fishes of Maryland
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/dnrfishkey.pdf
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Chesapeake Bay Introduction to an Ecosystem
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/intro_ecosystem.pdf
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Maryland Streams: Take a Closer Look
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/streams/101/index.html
Chesapeake Bay Program: Bay News and Info
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/
Chessie: Chesapeake Science on the Internet for Educators
http://www.bayeducation.net/
US Environmental Protection Agency: Water
http://www.epa.gov/water/
US Environmental Protection Agency: Watersheds
http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/
United States Geological Survey: Water cycle primer
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
United States Geological Survey: Properties of Water (includes a T/F test)
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/waterproperties.html
US Environmental Protection Agency: Wetlands
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/
US Environmental Protection Agency: Clean Water Act (includes a quiz)
http://www.epa.gov/watertrain/cwa/
Center for Watershed Protection: Why Watersheds? PowerPoint presentation
http://www.cwp.org/tools_assessment.htm
US Fish and Wildlife Service: Chesapeake Bay
http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/
Stroud Water Research Center: Leaf Pack Network
http://www.stroudcenter.org/lpn/index.htm
The Canon National Envirothon: Aquatics Sample Test Questions
http://www.envirothon.org/competition/tests.php
Wildlife
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: The Maryland Envirothon Wildlife Resource Site
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/wildlife/
Please be sure to visit this site as it contains numerous links which include information to help students prepare for the BCPS Envirothon competition. The most important of these links are the first six websites listed below, but it is recommended that all sites be accessed.
Department of Natural Resources: The Maryland Envirothon Wildlife and Heritage Mission & Program Funding
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/wildlife/mission.html
Department of Natural Resources: The Maryland Envirothon Wildlife Management Concepts
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/wildlife/studyguide.html
Department of Natural Resources: The Maryland Envirothon Wildlife Glossary
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/wildlife/vocabularywords.doc
Department of Natural Resources: Using Field Guides
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/wildlife/usingfieldguides.doc
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Scientific Classification
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/wildlife/scientificclassification.doc
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Aging Jaw Bones
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/education/envirothon/wildlife/ageingdeerjawbones.pdf
Chesapeake Bay Program: Animals and Plants
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/baybio.htm
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: All About Birds
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/
eNature.com: Field Guides
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/intermediate.asp?curGroupID=1
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Chesapeake Bay Field Office: Threatened and Endangered Species
http://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/EndSppWeb/INDEX.HTM
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/about/overview.html
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